# SiteHost

Source: https://lemon.domains/domain-registrars/sitehost (also as .json)

SiteHost is a New Zealand-owned hosting company in Auckland, started in 2004 by brothers Nathan and Quintin Russ. It sells domains, web hosting and cloud servers from its own Auckland data centre, and its parent SiteTech Group also runs MyHost and Domains Direct.

- Headquarters: Auckland, New Zealand
- Founded: 2004
- Founders: Nathan Russ, Quintin Russ
- Ownership: Part of SiteTech Group, New Zealand-owned
- Type: Web host that registers domains
- ICANN accreditation: Not ICANN-accredited
- Country-code extensions: .nz
- Site languages: English
- API: Integrated. Integrated with Lemon Domains (https://docs.sitehost.nz/api/v1.5/?path=/srs)

## Services and extensions (checked October 2026)

- Domain registration, DNS hosting, Email hosting, Web hosting, Reseller program
- Sells, among others: .nz .au .com .org

## Support

- Channels: Phone, Help center
- Hours: 24/7
- Contact: https://kb.sitehost.nz/account/support

## Sources

- https://sitehost.nz/domains
- https://kb.sitehost.nz/account/support
- https://sitehost.nz/domains/reseller-domains-email

## SiteHost history

- 2004: Nathan and Quintin Russ found SiteHost.
- 2018: Opens its own Auckland data centre.
- 2024: Adds infrastructure in Frankfurt and California.

## Company sources (checked October 2026)

- https://sitehost.nz/about
- https://domaincompare.nz/blog/all-about-sitehost/
- https://www.datacentermap.com/c/sitehost

## Transferring a domain away from SiteHost

Turn off Domain Lock on the domain's page, then request a new code in the Domains module of the Control Panel. It is emailed to the registrant, and each request replaces the previous code.

Part of the list of domain registrars at https://lemon.domains/domain-registrars, kept by Lemon Domains, the domain portfolio manager with a domain MCP server.